Starting to sing Male Wheatear

[christopher galeski]

shot taken early this morning,the bird was chuckling to its self,I was scrambling about on piles of quarry rock which was frosty in the shade,and could not get the morning sun right behind me,but I don't mind side lit shots.cannon500mm IS L F4,7D,tripod,cropped and sharpened,ISO500,F2000S,F5.6,-2/3 EXPO COM.

[Tim Harding]

Nice shot. I like the warm side-lighting. Good job on the feather detail.

[keith mitchell]

Christopher you have got some lovely soft feather detail, great natural shot of this bird, I like it a lot.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice side light and excellent singing pose, Chris.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very very nice Chris! The side light is nice and warm and I'm glad you didn't try to "color correct" to get a neutral white.

I'd say a bit off the bottom for me.

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image, beautiful lights, nice BG and composition.
Love the feather details.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

Thankyou for looking and comments.

[Rob Melone]

Wonderful light against the gray bg Chris and love the detail and pose. Nicely framed too with a clean poopy-less rock.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet, sweet light. The angled light adds a nice dimension. Love the pose, size in the frame, perch, bg and angle. Terrific image.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking Rob and Sidharth and your comments.